Project Officers share fervour for Federation
10 May 2021
Section: News
When you’re passionate about something, you want to announce it.
Put it in your diary: Federation broadcast for school members on 9 June
7 May 2021
Section: News
The improvements to teachers’ working conditions and salaries achieved in negotiations for the new schools award will be commensurate to our strength and determination on the ground, Federation president Angelo Gavrielatos said yesterday (5 May).
Branch Secretary and Deputy Secretaries Election – E2021/75
5 May 2021
Section: Administration
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) ordinarily conducts the collegiate election for Branch Secretary and four (4) Deputy Secretaries at a Branch Council meeting but has not indicated when they will recommence in person ballots.
Teachers at Chatham High, Taree walk out over school staffing crisis
3 May 2021
Section: Media Release
NSW Teachers Federation members at Chatham High School in Taree walked off the job today over the NSW Government’s failure to properly staff their school and other public schools in rural and remote parts of the state.
Farewell to a firebrand
1 May 2021
Section: News
It is somewhat fitting that Federation General Secretary John Dixon’s initiation as a fighting force in Federation ranks early in his teaching career was heralded by an almighty boom.
John Dixon To Serve His Last Day As Federation’s General Secretary On May Day
1 May 2021
Section: Media Release
State Council of the NSW Teachers Federation will farewell General Secretary, John Dixon today,1 May, 2021 — May Day.
Warm up your vocal cords for a May Day song session
30 April 2021
Section: News
Release some feel-good chemicals and express your passion for workers’ rights by singing along to some great union songs this May Day.
Federation lends weight to oppose TAFE cuts
28 April 2021
Section: News
Member teachers at Wollongong and West Wollongong TAFE campuses have met to condemn proposed job losses at TAFE campuses across the state, calling the cuts “a sham”.
Binge on some of these movies for May Day
25 April 2021
Section: News
It might have been through your family, your friends or through your workplace that you were first introduced to the collective power of a union.
Casual teachers and maternity leave
22 April 2021
Section: Columns
Casual teachers are not entitled to access paid maternity leave in the same way as permanent and temporary teachers on an engagement can.
Global body puts climate in classroom
22 April 2021
Section: News
Education International, representing 32.5 million teachers and education support personnel worldwide, has launched a global campaign to ensure climate education becomes as fundamental as teaching reading and writing.
Teachers at Gilgandra High walk out over school staffing crisis
22 April 2021
Section: Media Release
NSW Teachers Federation members at Gilgandra High School walked off the job today over the NSW Government’s failure to properly staff their school and other public schools in rural and remote parts of the state.
New research shows thousands of additional teachers needed in NSW
20 April 2021
Section: Media Release
NSW needs to recruit a minimum of 11,000 teachers by 2031 to meet record enrolment growth and the number rises to almost 14,000 if the student to teacher ratio is lowered to the national average, new research to be released today reveals.
NSW schools will need 11,000 teachers as enrolments soar
20 April 2021
Section: News
NSW must recruit 11,000 teachers just to meet the record number of public school enrolments predicted over the next decade, a new report has found.
Teachers must get higher priority in vaccine roll-out
16 April 2021
Section: News
Federation has continued to pursue the interests of members regarding the roll out of the Covid 19 vaccine since August last year. This has included representations to the Federal Health Minister, NSW Minister for Education and alongside our colleagues at Unions NSW and the ACTU and AEU nationally.
Reduce the admin burden with actions, not rhetoric
Changes to administrative tasks over the past three years have saved principals just 10 minutes a day and just four minutes a week for teachers.
Report confirms failure of schools planning
12 April 2021
Section: News
A new report has found that the State Government has short-changed public schools in favour of private schools and election promises.
School at centre of fire recovery
11 April 2021
Section: News
Wytaliba’s story of renewal from the climate- induced bushfires of 2019–20 is far from over, but it is clear from the dedication of Federation members that the public school will be an essential component of community restoration.
Numbers count when it comes to action
10 April 2021
Section: Columns
Union members’ ongoing commitment to Federation’s campaign for additional release from face-to-face teaching for infants and primary schools was rewarded in 1983.
Federation supports review of work laws
10 April 2021
Section: News
Federation last week wrote to the NSW Government calling on it to support proposed changes to work health and safety (WHS) laws to provide better protection for workers from psychological injury and sexual harassment in the workplace.
Is technology enhancing the learning relationship?
9 April 2021
Section: News
Teachers were noticing children sitting together in the mornings looking at their screens, “not talking together; really being alone together”, Alberta Teachers’ Association Executive Staff Officer and Associate Coordinator Philip McRae recalled at Federation’s recent Principals’ Conference.